netanyahu that fighting against hamas in rafah will not stop, but mr netanyahu reportedly called the move unacceptable . he is under strong pressure from far right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far right parties, the army s chief of staff said sunday there is a clear need to conscript ultra orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that s a change mr netanyahu s coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al adha, one of islam s holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting, with gaza s hamas run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that, quote, calm has prevailed across all of gaza . lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. the festival after eid al adha, marking another milestone
prime minister benjamin netanyahu that fighting against hamas in rafah will not stop, but mr netanyahu reportedly called the move unacceptable . he is under strong pressure from far right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far right parties, the army s chief of staff said sunday there is a clear need to conscript ultra orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that s a change mr netanyahu s coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al adha, one of islam s holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting, with gaza s hamas run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that calm has prevailed across all of gaza . lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. the festival after eid al adha, marking an
he is under strong pressure from far right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far right parties, the army s chief of staff said sunday there is a clear need to conscript ultra orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that s a change mr netanyahu s coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al adha, one of islam s holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting with gaza s hamas run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that quote calm has prevailed across all of gaza . lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. allahu akbar. the festival after eid al adha marking another milestone in this war, those for whom conflict and celebration are new, those who have lived through them many times befor